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Band of Angels

The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women

by Kate Cooper ...

"A distinguished ancient historian's elegant study of the extraordinary women who helped lay the foundations of the early Christian church" ( Kirkus Reviews).According to most recorded history, women in the ancient world lived invisibly. In Band of Angels, historian Kate Cooper has pieced together their story from the few contemporary accounts that have survived. Through painstaking detective work ... Read more

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"A distinguished ancient historian's elegant study of the extraordinary women who helped lay the foundations of the early Christian church" ( Kirkus Reviews).According to most recorded history, women in the ancient world lived invisibly. In Band of Angels, historian Kate Cooper has pieced together their story from the few contemporary accounts that have survived. Through painstaking detective work
... Read more
Queens of a Fallen World

The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions

by Kate Cooper ...

FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's ConfessionsWhile many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, few are aware of how his life and thought were influenced by women.Queens of a Fallen World tells a story of betrayal, love, and ambition in the ancient world as seen through a woman's eyes. Historian Kate Cooper introduces us to ... Read more

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FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's ConfessionsWhile many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, few are aware of how his life and thought were influenced by women.Queens of a Fallen World tells a story of betrayal, love, and ambition in the ancient world as seen through a woman's eyes. Historian Kate Cooper introduces us to
... Read more

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Eureka Springs

City of Healing Waters

by June Westphal, Kate Cooper ...

How did the unfettered wilderness of the Ozarks, America's early frontier, evolve into a prized health retreat for early pioneers before settling into a beloved historic town? Eureka Springs was founded for the healing properties of the naturally soothing waters, and that special sense of place has always informed the town's history. Yet a complete chronological history from pre-founding to ... Read more

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How did the unfettered wilderness of the Ozarks, America's early frontier, evolve into a prized health retreat for early pioneers before settling into a beloved historic town? Eureka Springs was founded for the healing properties of the naturally soothing waters, and that special sense of place has always informed the town's history. Yet a complete chronological history from pre-founding to
... Read more
Harlequin Medical Romance January 2025 - Box Set 2 of 2

by Caroline Anderson, Kate Hardy, Colette Cooper ...

Harlequin Medical Romance – January ‘25 – Box Set 2 of 2Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama.This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes:A VET TO HEAL HIS HEARTBy Caroline AndersonVet Ellie has arrived in Yoxburgh with no job, no home and a sick dog. Finding ... Read more

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Harlequin Medical Romance – January ‘25 – Box Set 2 of 2Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama.This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes:A VET TO HEAL HIS HEARTBy Caroline AndersonVet Ellie has arrived in Yoxburgh with no job, no home and a sick dog. Finding
... Read more
Social Control in Late Antiquity

The Violence of Small Worlds

Edited by Kate Cooper, Jamie Wood ...

Social Control in Late Antiquity: The Violence of Small Worlds explores the small-scale communities of late antiquity – households, monasteries, and schools – where power was a question of personal relationships. When fathers, husbands, teachers, abbots, and slave-owners asserted their own will, they saw themselves as maintaining the social order, and expected law and government to reinforce their ... Read more

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Social Control in Late Antiquity: The Violence of Small Worlds explores the small-scale communities of late antiquity – households, monasteries, and schools – where power was a question of personal relationships. When fathers, husbands, teachers, abbots, and slave-owners asserted their own will, they saw themselves as maintaining the social order, and expected law and government to reinforce their
... Read more
Making Early Medieval Societies

Conflict and Belonging in the Latin West, 300–1200

Edited by Kate Cooper, Conrad Leyser ...

Making Early Medieval Societies explores a fundamental question: what held the small- and large-scale communities of the late Roman and early medieval West together, at a time when the world seemed to be falling apart? Historians and anthropologists have traditionally asked parallel questions about the rise and fall of empires and how societies create a sense of belonging and social order in the ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Making Early Medieval Societies explores a fundamental question: what held the small- and large-scale communities of the late Roman and early medieval West together, at a time when the world seemed to be falling apart? Historians and anthropologists have traditionally asked parallel questions about the rise and fall of empires and how societies create a sense of belonging and social order in the
... Read more
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Queens of a Fallen World

The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions

by Kate Cooper ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's ConfessionsWhile many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, few are aware of how his life and thought were influenced by women.Queens of a Fallen World tells a story of betrayal, love, and ambition in the ancient world as seen through a woman's eyes. Historian Kate Cooper introduces us to four women whose hopes and plans collided ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's ConfessionsWhile many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, few are aware of how his life and thought were influenced by women.Queens of a Fallen World tells a story of betrayal, love, and ambition in the ancient world as seen through a woman's eyes. Historian Kate Cooper introduces us to four women whose hopes and plans collided
... Read more

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The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat

Trilby Moffat: Book 1

by Kate Temple ...

Narrated by Shapoor Batliwalla ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Trilby Moffat
Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

This is the dangerous story of Trilby Moffat, who took on one of the most treacherous jobs of all time. Well . . . outside of time, to be precise. For fans of Nevermoor and Lemony Snicket.This is NOT just any old book. THIS is a legal document. It contains a truthful record of how Trilby Moffat wasaccidentally promoted to the most important job that ever existed. The job of Time Keeper.A mystery i ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

This is the dangerous story of Trilby Moffat, who took on one of the most treacherous jobs of all time. Well . . . outside of time, to be precise. For fans of Nevermoor and Lemony Snicket.This is NOT just any old book. THIS is a legal document. It contains a truthful record of how Trilby Moffat wasaccidentally promoted to the most important job that ever existed. The job of Time Keeper.A mystery i
... Read more
A Eulogy for Nigger and Other Essays

The Second Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize Winners

by Josh Cohen, David Bradley, JenniferKabat, Johanna Mohring, Garry Cooper, Kate McLoughlin ...

This collection brings together the six international winners of the Notting Hill Editions £20,000 Essay Prize. From the coolly analytical to the impassioned winning entry 'A Eulogy for Nigger', these essays showcase the dazzling literary range of the form. ... Read more

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This collection brings together the six international winners of the Notting Hill Editions £20,000 Essay Prize. From the coolly analytical to the impassioned winning entry 'A Eulogy for Nigger', these essays showcase the dazzling literary range of the form.
... Read more
Marketisation and Privatisation in Criminal Justice

by Del Roy Fletcher, Steve Tombs, Gerry Czerniawski, Victoria Canning, Monish Bhatia, Mike Nellis, Rob Macmillan, Kevin Wong, Maureen Mansfield, Vickie Cooper, Kate Williams, Mike Maguire, Gisella Hanley Santos, Daniel Gilling, Tim Auburn, Jill Annison, Amy Ludlow, Joanna Hargreaves, Ed Johnston, Tom Smith, Randy Lippert, Kevin Walby, Adam White, Roxanna Dehaghani, Katharina Swirak, Richard Sparks, James Gacek, Chris Fox ...

This collection offers a comprehensive review of the origins, scale and breadth of the privatisation and marketisation revolution across the criminal justice system.Leading academics and researchers assess the consequences of market-driven criminal justice in a wide range of contexts, from prison and probation to policing, migrant detention, rehabilitation and community programmes. Using economic, ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

This collection offers a comprehensive review of the origins, scale and breadth of the privatisation and marketisation revolution across the criminal justice system.Leading academics and researchers assess the consequences of market-driven criminal justice in a wide range of contexts, from prison and probation to policing, migrant detention, rehabilitation and community programmes. Using economic,
... Read more
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The Law of Loving Others

by Kate Axelrod ...

Narrated by Hallie Cooper-Novack ...

Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

“Kate Axelrod’s atmospheric, intense book captures perfectly the heady feeling of being on the edge of adulthood, when the abstract concept of ‘love’ starts to have real and sometimes terrifying meaning and consequences.” – Emily Gould, author of Friendship“THE LAW OF LOVING OTHERS . . .Hours after Emma returns home from boarding school, she realizes that her mom is suffering from a schizophrenic ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

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“Kate Axelrod’s atmospheric, intense book captures perfectly the heady feeling of being on the edge of adulthood, when the abstract concept of ‘love’ starts to have real and sometimes terrifying meaning and consequences.” – Emily Gould, author of Friendship“THE LAW OF LOVING OTHERS . . .Hours after Emma returns home from boarding school, she realizes that her mom is suffering from a schizophrenic
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Until the Road Ends

by Phil Earle ...

Narrated by Phil Earle ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

When Peggy saves a stray dog from near‑death, a beautiful friendship begins. Nothing can come between them – until war is declared. Peggy is evacuated to safety, but Beau is left behind in London, where he becomes the most unexpected of war heroes. Night after night, as bombs rain down and lives are destroyed, Beau searches the ruins of the city, rescuing countless survivors. But then tragedy ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

When Peggy saves a stray dog from near‑death, a beautiful friendship begins. Nothing can come between them – until war is declared. Peggy is evacuated to safety, but Beau is left behind in London, where he becomes the most unexpected of war heroes. Night after night, as bombs rain down and lives are destroyed, Beau searches the ruins of the city, rescuing countless survivors. But then tragedy
... Read more

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